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Avoiding Ice Damaged Trees

We’ve had quite a strange winter, although it seems that the general trend in Central Oregon is that winters are getting stranger. Between the warm rain, freezing fog and intense cold snaps, it’s all over the board. One thing is for sure – winter isn’t going away any time […]

By |January 14th, 2015|Storm Damage, Tree Pruning|0 Comments

Selecting High Quality, Healthy Trees in Bend and Central Oregon

It’s hard to believe it is almost mid-October with this amazingly warm weather. We all know this can all change, though! Early to mid-fall is a good time to plant perennials and trees in Bend and Central Oregon. Our local nurseries and landscape supply places have a good supply […]

By |October 8th, 2014|Arborists, Tree Planting, Tree Pruning, Urban Forests|0 Comments

Lightning and Associated Tree Damage

NOTE: This copy was taken from the Texas A & M Department of Ecosystem Science and Management Department

Wayne K. Clatterbuck, Associate Professor Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries University of Tennessee, David S. Vandergriff, UT Extension Urban Horticulture & Forestry, Kim D. Coder Professor, Silvics/Ecology Warnell School of Forest Resources The […]

By |July 30th, 2014|Storm Damage, Tree Pruning, Tree Removal, Tree trimming|0 Comments

Maintaining Ponderosa Pine Health in Winter

Maintaining Ponderosa Pine HealthPonderosa Pine Tree

Chances are, if you live in Central Oregon, you either have ponderosa pine trees on your property or on a nearby property. It is the high desert after […]

By |October 28th, 2013|Tree Preservation, Tree Pruning|2 Comments

Preparing Trees for Winter: Reducing Early Storm Damage

Preparing Trees for Winter

If you you’ve lived in Central Oregon for a few years, you know that it can start snowing fairly early in the fall season. Often times our mountains see a dusting of snow by the end of September.

And if you were here in 2009, you might […]

By |September 11th, 2013|Storm Damage, Tree Preservation, Tree Pruning, Tree trimming|0 Comments

Why Topping Trees is Bad News

Why Topping Trees is Bad News

Have you ever seen a tree that looks like a coat rack? Like this:Why Topping Trees is Bad

This is called tree topping and it is bad news. Actually, it […]